No Way Down: Life & Death on K2

AN American climber spoke yesterday of the ice fall that caused the deaths of 11 climbers on K2, including Limerick climber Gerard McDonnell.

A frost-bitten Dutch climber today gave the first graphic account of the conditions on K-2 that led to one of mountaineering’s worst disasters.

Rescue helicopters were flown in to K2 today after an avalanche left at least nine climbers feared dead.